Old Folk Remedies

[Jings]

Cherries for gout, cod liver oil for healthy gut and eyes. Grandparents, mothers, aunts and uncles swore by home remedies.

Which home remedies have you grown up with and tried?

Disclaimer: Any remedies posted in this thread is not a replacement for medical expert advice, diagnosis or treatment.

 

[Tribs]

I love your disclaimer.

Ginger for upset stomach, lemon and honey for a sore throat.

 

[Jings]

My mother taught me how to use iodine solution for back ache caused by cold draft. She would dab solution on a cotton bud and use it to draw a naught and crosses board on my back. I still use the remedy today and taught the other half too.

 

[Jings]

I love your disclaimer.

Ginger for upset stomach, lemon and honey for a sore throat.

Do you use fresh lemon or concentrate for the sore throat? OH tried the lemon and honey last week and said he felt pukey. Could be the concentrate is too strong?

 

[Seldom Bucket]

One was my grandparents swore on one glass of whiskey every night before dinner

 

[BloodrayneZA]

Do you use fresh lemon or concentrate for the sore throat? OH tried the lemon and honey last week and said he felt pukey. Could be the concentrate is too strong?

Fresh lemon is better.

when I was 21 and got sick with the flu, it took me 8 weeks before I used the lemon, honey, brandy and disprin. I had two courses of antibiotics that didn’t work at all.

 

[Tribs]

If you are blocked up it is really worth getting a nebulizer. Get some saline solution and Bisolvin from your chemist (it is a Bisolvin that you put in the nebulizer). Steam yourself as often as you need to. This stops the build-up of mucus which make you feel ill and provides a breeding ground for the virus.

 

[satanboy]

I avoid Old Folk remedies at all costs.

 

[spiderz]

I avoid Old Folk remedies at all costs.

Is that because the "old folk" are all younger than you?

 

[Papa Smurf]

One was my grandparents swore on one glass of whiskey every night before dinner

i do 2 or 3 litres beer everyday
everything in moderation is good for you

 

[TabacNW]

Flu: 2 Disprins and Gingerbrandy. Get in bed with plenty of blankets. Sweat it out.

 

[Jings]

Fresh lemon is better.

when I was 21 and got sick with the flu, it took me 8 weeks before I used the lemon, honey, brandy and disprin. I had two courses of antibiotics that didn’t work at all.

Long time to have the flu. Seems like antibiotics work for secondary, bacterial infections but not the virus.

 

[BloodrayneZA]

Long time to have the flu. Seems like antibiotics work for secondary, bacterial infections but not the virus.

Yeah it was a bad time too

 

[Jings]

Yeah it was a bad time too

Emotional hurdles?

 

[BloodrayneZA]

Emotional hurdles?

No, I thought I was dying then. It was so bad. I was hacking my lungs out for weeks.

 

[Jings]

No, I thought I was dying then. It was so bad. I was hacking my lungs out for weeks.

Are you sure it wasn't glandular fever?

 

[BloodrayneZA]

Are you sure it wasn't glandular fever?

I wouldn't know. Doctors would have gotten me tested but you know how shocking the medical care system in SA is - in the UK, they send you for blood tests to rule things out and I was even send off for a scan to double check on some things that were wonky with my blood test. So far after a year, I think I am ok as I've not been requested back for more blood testing. I was having issues with my hormones and food allergies causing a ruckus on top of that.

 

[Dave]

when I was 21 and got sick with the flu, it took me 8 weeks before I used the lemon, honey, brandy and disprin. I had two courses of antibiotics that didn’t work at all.

Antibiotics have never worked for the flu virus (Or any virus afaik).

 

[Dave]

in the UK, they send you for blood tests to rule things out and I was even send off for a scan to double check on some things that were wonky with my blood test.

They do love doing blood tests and scans here.

 

[BloodrayneZA]

Antibiotics have never worked for the flu virus (Or any virus afaik).

I had a secondary infection that needed treating. hence the antibiotics - I had a really bad chest infection.